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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Pew: 30% of US adults regularly get their news from Facebook, 26% from YouTube, 16% from Instagram, 14% TikTok, 12% X, 8% Reddit, and 5% Nextdoor and LinkedIn — Facebook may be ready to divorce the news business, but it's still the No. 1 source of news on social media for Americans.
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
A look at the precedent of journalists from the US news organizations embedding with the IDF, which has reignited a debate about the ethics of the practice — On November 4, CNN broadcast a report on the Israel-Hamas war that was unlike any of its prior coverage: Jeremy Diamond …
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@edieocre, @newrepublic, @saddamscribe, @edieocre, @newrepublic, @newrepublic, @newrepublic, @newrepublic and Hollywood Reporter
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
León Krauze, a top anchor for Univision's news division, leaves the network after reports that the outlet has shifted to a much more favorable coverage of Trump — - Michael Strahan Returns To ‘Good Morning America’ After Time Off Due Personal Family Matters — Update
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American Press Institute, Variety, Media Moves, Los Angeles Times, Adweek, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter and Washington Post
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
GB News launches a paid membership scheme offering access to paywalled content, members-only events, a newsletter, and more for £5, £10, or £20 per month — The new GB News memberships cost between £5 and £20 monthly. — GB News has introduced …
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Music Group reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $1.58B, net income up 3% YoY to $154M, and says overall yearly revenue surpasses $6B, a first — The major label behind Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa and Cardi B saw overall yearly revenue for fiscal 2023 surpass $6 billion for the first time.
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Billboard and Warner Music Group
Tom Jones / Poynter:
How the Washington Post decided to publish an extremely graphic report on mass shootings, aiming to balance showing the reality and avoiding desensitization — ‘We just felt that there was a lack of understanding of what actually happens in these shootings,’ the Post's executive editor told Poynter.
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Washington Post, @philiprucker, @philiprucker, Washington Post, WFAA-TV, @karlaadam, @cakitchener and New York Times
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
Spotify expands Spotify Audience Network, its advertising marketplace for podcasts launched in 2021, to five new markets, including Sweden and India — Music streaming company Spotify (SPOT.N) on Thursday said it will launch its advertising marketplace for podcasts in five new markets, including Sweden and India.
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Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
Sources: India's Reliance signs a deal with The Pokémon Company to exclusively stream 1,000+ TV episodes and ~20 movies on JioCinema, to compete with Disney — The entertainment unit of India's Reliance (RELI.NS) has signed a deal with The Pokemon Company to show children's shows …
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@adityakalra and @adityakalra
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obsessive coverage of a poll showing Donald Trump leading Joe Biden highlights the sorry state of the US political media and ignores the threat to democracy — Last week demonstrated the sorry state of political coverage in this country. The fixation on early, non-predictive polling …
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The Hill, Vox, Semafor, @washingtonpost, @adamdavidson, @pmtechguy, @kathapollitt, @drvolts, @jayrosen_nyu, @ejdionne, @deshundratweets, @finneyk, New York Post, Bloomberg and KTSM-TV
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The Guardian takes down a 2002 letter written by Osama Bin Laden criticizing US support of Israel, after the letter went viral on TikTok — “The transcript published on our website 20 years ago has been widely shared today on social media without its original context. Therefore we have decided to take it down."
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CNBC-TV18, @abolishnato, @omarsakrpoet, Rolling Stone, @allezlesboulez, @nikitabier, @parkermolloy, @jalcine@todon.eu, @normative, Mediaite, @stunnatiff, @jason_koebler, @stevesi, @normative, @yashar, @buccocapital, @normative, @jason_koebler, @semaforben, @seyitaylor, @ashtonpittman.bsky.social, The Wrap and KTSM-TV
Will Knight / Wired:
YouTube lets some Shorts creators test Dream Track, a new DeepMind-powered AI tool to generate and remix music in the styles of nine artists, including Sia — YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain.
Josh Ye / Reuters:
Source: ByteDance's Douyin tests letting creators with 100K+ followers add paywalls to their videos; local Chinese media reports Douyin takes a 30% cut — TikTok owner ByteDance is testing a paywall feature for content creators on its short video platform Douyin in China …